Are ethnic minorities synonymous for genetic isolates? Comparing Walser and Romance populations in the Upper Lys Valley (Western Alps)

Journal of Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 89, Issue , 2011, Pages 161-173

  Boattini, Alessio ^a   Griso, Clio ^a   Pettener, Davide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inbreeding; Italian Alps; Linguistic isolates; Mating structure; Surnames

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INBREEDING; ITALY; LINGUISTICS; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; MINORITY GROUP; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INBREEDING; ITALY; LINGUISTICS; MARRIAGE; MINORITY GROUPS; NAMES;

EID: 80053958373     PISSN: 18274765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4436/jass.89014     Document Type: Article

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